John Vernon
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 49 - 59
- Height
- 6' 2" (1m 88cm)
- Weight
- 15st. 13lb. (101kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Brown
- Build
- Large
Files
-
video file (m4v)John Vernon - Showreel
Agent
- Agent
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Daniel (cover Bill Pullman)
Theatre |
Mad House ATG |
Ambassador's Theatre |
| 2022 |
Cover Phil Daniels as 'F'
Theatre |
Cock Marianne Elliott |
Ambassador's Theatre |
| 2020 |
Michael
Event |
Whisky Wednesdays Kwame Owusu / kickitdown productions |
Zoom-film |
| 2020 |
U/S Serebriakov & Telegin
Theatre |
Uncle Vanya Ian Rickson / Sonia Friedman Productions |
Harold Pinter Theatre |
| 2019 |
Benny
Film |
Russian Whispers Keif Gwinn / Sketch In Studios |
|
| 2019 |
Cover - John Malkovich as Barney Fein
Theatre |
Bitter Wheat David Mamet / Nimax |
The Garrick Theatre |
| 2019 |
Cover David Suchet as Gregory Solomon
Theatre |
The Price Jonathan Church / Wyndham's Theatre |
Wyndham's Theatre |
| 2018 |
Ensemble
Theatre |
King Lear Jonathan Munby / ATG |
Duke Of York's Theatre |
| 2018 |
Cover Stephen Mangan & Peter Wight
Theatre |
The Birthday Party Ian Rickson / Sonia Friedman Productions |
The Harold Pinter Theatre |
| 2018 |
Ensemble Cover
Theatre |
North By NorthWest Simon Phillips / Kay & McLean Productions/Jonathan Church Productions |
Theatre Royal Bath / Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto |
| 2016 |
Ensemble
Theatre |
A Room With A View Adrian Noble / Bath Theatre Royal |
Bath Theatre Royal |
| 2016 |
Nat
Theatre |
Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens Rupert Hands & Mathew Chandler / Elegies (One-Off Charity Performance) |
Charing cross Theatre |
| 2016 |
Understudying Martin Shaw as Hobson
Theatre |
Hobson's Choice Jonathan Church/Rupert Hands / Theatre Royal Bath |
Vaudeville Theatre |
| 2015 |
Alfred Doolittle
Theatre |
Pygmalion Philip Dart / Vienna's English Theatre |
Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2015 |
Jimmy Kidd & Johnny Yates (cover - both)
Theatre |
The Red Lion Ian Rickson/Anna Girvan / Royal National Theatre |
Dorfman Theatre |
| 2014 |
Vic
Film |
Fishbowl Aidan Sheridan / Holepunch Pictures |
|
| 2013 |
Man in Bar (Monologue)
Theatre |
Californian Lives "Ben & Joe's" Emma King-Farlow / Arbery productions |
King's Head Islington |
| 2012 |
Sergeant Parry
Television |
Call The Midwife Jamie Payne / Neal St. Films. |
|
| 2012 |
Colin Scoggins
Television |
9/11: Voices from the Air Stephen Finnigan / Darlow Smithson Productions |
|
| 2011 |
Dear Dragon/Casimir/Toot-Toot
Television |
Florries Dragons Will Brenton / Wish Films |
Village Productions |
| 2011 |
Lance Watkins
Television |
Doctors Graham Moore / BBC |
|
| 2011 |
Le Routier Anglais
Film |
Ma part du Gâteau Cedric Klapisch / Studio Canal |
|
| 2010 |
Tommy Robbins
Television |
I Shouldn't Be Alive Stephen Finnigan / Darlow Smithson Productions |
|
| 2009 |
Studio Producer
Commercials & Industrials |
Anouk Lion Bar commercial (NL) Boom |
|
| 2007 |
Eddie (pawn broker)
Television |
East Enders Karl Nielson / BBC Television |
Elstree |
| 2006 |
Charles Bronson
Television |
Longford Tom Hooper / Ch4/HBO |
|
| 2005 |
Tachibana
Film |
Millenium Actress - English Dub Satoshi Kon / Manga Ent. |
animated film |
| 2005 |
Fergusson
Television |
Heartbeat Roger Bamford / Granada |
|
| 2005 |
Mickey Blackstone
Television |
The Bill Jim Loach / ITV |
Merton/location |
| 2002 |
Earl
Film |
Nailing Vienna Jonathan English / Meltemi Entertainment |
|
| 2001 |
Baldrick
Film |
Crusade of Vengeance Byron James / Warner Bros |
Lithuania |
| 2001 |
Warner
Television |
Starhunter Patrick Malakian / Chum Television/Star Hunter Productions (Toronto) |
Canada |
| 2000 |
D.N.E. Agent
Television |
The Strangerers Nick Wood / Absolutely Television & Taken for Granted Produtions Ltd. |
|
| 1999 |
Steve Doyle
Television |
The Knock Gerry Poulson / Bronson/Knight Productions |
|
| 1999 |
Rory Shaw
Television |
Heartbeat Frank W Smith / YTV/Granada |
|
| 1999 |
Lugar
Television |
The New Adventures of Robin Hood Petra Haffter / Tarnview Ltd./Warner Brothers |
|
| 1997 |
Hippo
Theatre |
The Fall Andrew McLean / Hurt productions |
Chelsea Arts Centre |
| 1996 |
Course Narrator
Voiceover |
Virtual Golf Guy Miller / Core Design |
|
| 1996 |
Niles (and all male voices)
Voiceover |
Blam Machinehead Guy Miller / Core Design |
|
| 1996 |
Errendi 'Fark' Farquharson
Voiceover |
Privateer 2: The Darkening Steve Hilliker / Origin Systems Inc/EA |
|
| 1996 |
D.S. Barry
Film |
Princess In Love David Greene / CBS |
|
| 1996 |
PC Paris
Television |
East Enders Steve Garwood / BBC |
Elstree |
| 1996 |
DS Oxley
Television |
Staying Alive James Hawes / Granada |
|
| 1996 |
Richard Cole
Theatre |
In Broad Daylight Patrick Sandford / Sandford Prod. |
Tricycle Theatre |
| 1995 |
Martin Warren
Television |
The Bill Audrey Cooke / Thames |
|
| 1995 |
Conrad
Theatre |
Orion and the Great Bear John Vernon / Ho Hum Th Co. |
Traverse Th. Edinburgh |
| 1993 |
Duncan
Television |
You Me And It Ed Bennet / BBC/Wall to Wall Productions |
|
| 1993 |
DS Monson
Television |
The Bill Derek Lister / Thames |
|
| 1992 |
A & R Man
Television |
Harry Enfield's Television Programme Geoff Posner / BBC |
|
| 1992 |
Roger Sullivan
Television |
Medics Richard Standeven / Granada |
|
| 1992 |
Macbeth
Theatre |
Macbeth Laura Thonpson / Pentameters |
Pentameters, Hampstead |
| 1991 |
Conrad
Theatre |
Orion and The Great Bear John Vernon / Ho Hum Theatre Co. |
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh & Croydon Warehouse |
| 1991 |
Richard Cole
Theatre |
In Broad Daylight Patrick Sandford / Tricycle Theatre |
|
| 1991 |
David Welwyn
Television |
Agatha Christie: Poirot Andrew Grieve / LWT |
|
| 1991 |
Nose/Mr Martin
Theatre |
Our Man' & 'The Bald Prima-Donna Our Man Th Co. |
Finborough Theatre |
| 1991 |
Laertes/player King
Theatre |
Hamlet Laura Thonpson / Rose th co. |
Rose Theatre |
| 1988 |
Percy Shelley
Theatre |
Blood & Ice Richard Shannon / Ho Hum Theatre Co. |
Battersea Arts Centre |
| 1988 |
Owen
Theatre |
Translations Nesta Jones / George Wood Theatre |
|
| 1988 |
Macbeth
Theatre |
Macbeth Laura Thompson / Pentameters Theatre |
|
| 1987 |
Laertes/Player King
Theatre |
Hamlet Laura Thompson / Rose Theatre |
|
| 1986 |
L.R.O. Kimmon
Theatre |
Q.Rs & A. Is Clearly State... Tony Attard / Kings Head, London |
Kings Head Theatre |
| 1986 |
Alec D'Urberville
Theatre |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Michael Fry / Floorboards Theatre Co. |
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |
| 1985 |
Frank
Theatre |
Alpha Beta Denise Armon / AB Productions |
Etcetera Theatre |
| 1985 |
Juan Davies
Theatre |
Taken Out Sue Glanville / Drill Hall |
Drill Hall, London |
| 1984 |
Larry
Theatre |
Fancy Footwork Mandy Smith / Elephant Th Co |
Elephant Theatre |
| 1984 |
Mephistophilis
Theatre |
Dr Faustus Andrew Johnson / BH Productions |
Bridge House Theatre |
| 1983 |
Lars
Theatre |
Diary of a Rat Michael Almaz / Bear Th Co |
De Hems Pub, Soho |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | creative arts B.A. (hons) | crewe and alsager college of he |
| 1979 | 2 yr. Acting | Coventry School of Speech and Drama |
About me
Experienced actor - everything from:...1. Shakespeare to modern & classics to new writing - mainstream, off-west end and festival theatre.
2. Featured characters in tv dramas.
3. Featured artist in tv ad campaigns & voice-over artist on viral ads and promos.
4. American and International Feature Films to Independent Low-Budget Movies and Student Films.
I have written and directed for the theatre and have also written many ADR scripts for animation series (translations which have needed writing to animation for lip-synch recording) and original animation scripts and radio/tv/film documentary voice over scripts.
I performed as a stand-up comedian on the circuit in London between 1987 and 1990 and appeared at venues like The Tunnel Club, Ealing Comedy, Hackney Cabaret, Chuckle Club; and on the same bills as Jerry Sadowitz, Jo Brand, Hattie Hayridge, Jim Tavare, etc.
Additional skills:
Voice over artist - have voiced many animations (series and films) over last 15 years - very experienced and versatile.
Scriptwriting - written many adr scripts for animation series (including lip synch etc.) also re=dubs of live action series, documentaries and films.
Directing for Theatre (particularly new writing)
Additional information:
Stand-up comedy 1987-90
Extensive fringe theatre experience 1983-present
Experienced in TV and Film in UK and abroad (Europe and North America)
15 years of experience in animation character voices for film and tv series (both UK and US character voices and impressions etc) and documentary voice overs ... also lip-synched dubbing of adapted/translated foreign-language live-action tv shows/series.
Skills
| Native accent | English |
|---|---|
| Accents (UK) | Birmingham, Cockney, Cornish, Devon, Essex, Geordie, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Northern England, Northern Irish, Northern Working Class, RP, Scottish Highlands, Scottish, Standard, Somerset, South London, Welsh, Standard, Yorkshire |
| Accents (International) | Australian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Indian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mexican, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Ukranian |
| Accents (North American) | Californian, General American, Mexico, Midwest Farm & Ranch, New York City, Southern American, Texas |
| Driving License | Yes |